The criminal case under investigation at the Main Investigation Department of the RA Investigative Committee revealed a number of circumstances of violence against minors and attempts to involve them in begging, causing severe physical pain. The charges were brought against two women. “Armenpress” was informed about this in the department of public relations and information of the RA Investigative Committee.
Read MoreA 46-year-old man in Armenia arrested on charges of trafficking or exploitation. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee. During the preliminary investigation, it became known that in January-February 2019, a 46-year-old man, having met a woman born in 1973, suffering from a mental illness, forced her to beg on different streets of Yerevan. In addition, he periodically showed violence against her.
Read MoreThe RA Police once again referred to the problem of trafficking, presenting the peculiarities of the phenomenon and the latest revelations in the sphere. The whole video is below:
Read MoreAccording to the operations reports of Police of the Republic of Armenia, 51 cases of crime have been detected by officers of various police subdivisions in the territory of the republic from March 4 to March 5, 4 of which were earlier committed crimes.
Read MoreChocolate companies are among the defendants named in a lawsuit brought by former child workers in Ivory Coast
Eight children who claim they were used as slave labour on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast have launched legal action against the world’s biggest chocolate companies. They accuse the corporations of aiding and abetting the illegal enslavement of “thousands” of children on cocoa farms in their supply chains.
Read MoreThe provision of a one-time state compensation will be a sufficient condition for granting a person the status of a victim.
Victims of trafficking will receive compensation at a time, regardless of whether a court is being held for damages in accordance with civil procedural legislation.
D. Gurdev was found during check-in for the Yerevan-Dubai flight and was detained, and immediately after that he was arrested.
The organizer of the international trafficking, who was wanted by the Belgian authorities, was detained at the Yerevan Zvartnots airport, the police press service reported.
Read MoreThe 2020 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons is the fifth of its kind mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. It covers 148 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional and national levels, based primarily on trafficking cases detected between 2016 and 2019.
Read MoreOne evening in August, a 14-year-old boy snuck out of his home and boarded a private bus to travel from his village in Bihar to Jaipur, a chaotic, crowded and historical city 800 miles away in India’s Rajasthan state.
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